Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-16
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

FOREIGN GOSSIP.
The theatrical and kindred pro-
fessions claim about forty thousand
persons in Great Britain
I'm the year 1885 Paris consumed
3o3, s94 oxen, 1Ss. 595 calves, 1,979,-
$50 sheep, $50. oo4 hogs and Z, &C.,, Alb
pounds of horsefesh, averaging 157
pounds of meat for each inhabitant.
A scientist says that Mauna Loa,
the Sandwich Island volcano, throws
mud 4. 200 miles. An Omaha Journal
list adds that the volcano ought to apply
for situation in the Office of his local
rival newspaper.
-Parisians are wearing dress suits
made in one piece. The waistcoat
has no back, the shirt consists of a
front, the cuffs are stitched into the
coat sleeves, and a single set of but
tons fixes on the whole continuance.
m T. San.
Recent excavations at Dymenion,
in Greece. show what were the fash
ions in women's jewelry at the time
of the Trojan war. Numerous speci-
mems in gold and amber have been
found.
The German Post-office Bureau re-
ports that during his birthday week
the Emperor received z, 4s1 registered
and 187 ordinary letters, 4S parcels
and 1.542 eongratulatory kilograms
Philadelphia Press.
AN attempt is being made to es-
tablish botanic gardens in suitable
places On the Great St Bernard and
the Simpson mountains in the Alps in
order to prevent the total destruction
OF rare Alpine plants by collectors and
traders.
in the House of Commons a mem
Der may sit with his hat on, OF sleep,
or talk TO his neighbor, or do almost
any thing else but read a newspaper.
Mr.. Nolan, one of the Home-Rule mem
bers, was called to time for this by
Speaker Peel Chicago Times
"A singular bet is reported from
Belzig, Duchy Of Anhalt, where a
hotel-keeper has engaged to copy
within two years the whole text of the
Bible punctuation and all. without a
single mistake, in consideration of a
sum of 1000 marks The conditions
of the bet are drawn UP in legal form
before a notary.-PhiIudelptia Press.
The inspection eff meat in Berlin is
a very important matter. Twelve vet
Urinary surgeons are employed to
stamp it before slaughter, and forty
microscopic samplers are continually
engaged in examining the meat ex-
posed for sale. Besides these, one hun
dred experts are employed in various
duties, twenty-five of whom are wom-
en--Cbscago Herald
The IaUalids Rnsse, the official
journal of the Minister of War, gives
the effective forces of the Gar on the
LIST of January, 1886. According tc
this account, the Russian regular army
numbered at that time S24, 762 soldier:
and 80. 655 Generals and officers The
reserves amounted to 1000, SIS men.
The militia of the first call counted
2160, 600 men. And this with out count
ing the Finland regiments
One of the marked signs of the
times is the movement among European
Jews, especially in Russia and Rou-
mania, to settle in Spain, ali the
former DEGREES against them having
been revoked. Influential Jews now
propose to open synagogues in every
city, and 80 encourage artisans an6
agriculturalists to make homes in thai
country. from which they were Danish
ed in 1892.
The streets of Canton are only
three or four feet wide, paved witt
stone The Inhabitants throw thei
garbage into the street, the effect o
which may be imagined Above tn
streets are covered with mating O
bamboo network, reaching from on
side to the other. This excludes bori
light and air, and tends to make tn
street odors emphatically stronger
Looked at from an eminence the who'll
CITY seems to be roofed--Boston Bud
get.
Germany ran behind $12, 500, 90
last year. Austria-Hungary has
standing deficit of SIG. $50, 900, Russi:
is irving to fund balance to the baC
of about $50. 900. 900, France fails t
make both ends meet by about $40,
100000 each year, and Great Britain
manages by stopping payments on it
national debt, to keep outge and in
come on an even keel The Unitet
States has surplus of upward o
500, OO0.00 each year, and lays hghte
taxes than any OF them. -P1blt
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